Am.  Jour.  Pharrn. 
April,  1892. 
Obituary. 
223 
Samuel  Campbell,  Ph.G.,  died  in  Philadelphia,  February  19,  1892,  of  con- 
sumption, aged  56  years.  He  was  an  apprentice  of  the  late  Henry  C.  Blair  and 
graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1857.  He  was  in 
business  for  several  years  in  this  city,  and  subsequently  was  associated  with 
several  manufacturing  firms.  He  paid  much  attention  to  the  perfection  of  the 
process  of  percolation,  and  contributed  to  this  Journal  a  number  of  papers  on 
this  subject  and  on  fluid  extracts. 
Dr.  Theophilus  Redwood,  Emeritus  Professor  of  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy  to 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  died  March  5  last,  at  Boverton, 
Glamorganshire,  South  Wales,  in  the  house  where  he  was  born  March  2,  1806. 
His  early  education  was  obtained  from  his  father  who  was  a  schoolmaster  in 
the  village  named.  After  spending  three  years  as  apprentice  to  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  Cardiff,  he  had  the  good  fortune  of  securing,  in  1823,  an  engagement 
with  John  Bell  &  Co.,  in  London.  Kaithful  in  the  discharge  of  all  his  duties, 
he  was  promoted  from  one  position  to  another,  and  when  Jacob  Bell,  who  was 
four  years  younger  than  Redwood,  became  connected  with  the  business  a 
warm  attachment  between  the  two  was  formed  and,  fostered  by  their 
common  studies,  ripened  into  friendship  which  was  only  severed  by  the  death 
of  Mr.  Bell,  in  1859.  In  1830,  Redwood  began  business  on  his  own  account 
in  Crawford  Street,  London,  and  while  building  up  the  dispensing  business, 
manufactured  some  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  products,  devoting  espe- 
cial attention  to  the  perfection  of  the  preparation  of  extracts  in  vacuo. 
When,  in  1841,  through  the  energetic  efforts  of  Jacob  Bell  and  his  associates 
the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  was  founded,  the  establish- 
ment of  a  school  of  pharmacy  was  taken  in  hand,  and  the  publication  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  was  commenced,  Mr.  Bell  being  the  editor  and 
proprietor  ;  but  at  his  death  the  copyright  was  transferred  to  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society.  Mr.  Redwood  acted  as  sub-editor  from  the  commencement  until 
at  Mr.  Bell's  death  he  became  editor-in-chief  until  1870,  and  remained  a  valued 
contributor  to  its  pages  until  his  retirement  from  active  duties,  in  1886.  Phar- 
maceutical meetings  were  inaugurated  by  the  Society  in  May,  1841,  and  begin- 
ning with  January,  1842,  were  held  in  the  home  acquired  by  the  Society  at  17 
Bloomsbury  Square;  in  the  promotion  of  the  objects  of  these  meetings  Prof. 
Redwood  was  indefatigable  ;  his  influence  upon  their  scope  and  character  is 
best  judged  from  the  minutes  as  published  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal, 
which  show  the  vast  amount  of  information  that  he  could  impart  on  all  subjects 
pharmaceutical. 
Professor  Redwood's  career  as  teacher  commenced  with  the  opening  of  the 
school  at  Bloomsbury  Square,  in  1842,  when  he  lectured  on  pharmacy,  until 
in  1846  Prof.  Fownes,  owing  to  ill  health,  was  compelled  to  resign  the  chair  of 
chemistry,  when  both  branches  were  entrusted  to  Prof.  Redwood,  who  had 
already  been  in  charge  of  the  laboratory,  opened  in  1844,  and  enlarged  the 
year  following — the  first  one  in  Great  Britain  for  instruction  in  chemistry  and 
pharmacy  by  practical  operations,  in  which  the  students  were  engaged 
throughout  the  day,  under  the  guidance  of  a  professor.  To  the  Chemical 
Society  he  served  as  one  of  the  secretaries  from  1852  to  1865,  and  then  as 
treasurer  until  1870.  He  was  also  secretary  of  the  Cavendish  Society  from 
its  foundation  in  1864,  and  honorary  secretary  of  a  committee  of  pharmacists, 
